Iowa USA-1959: Vintage Steam Traction Engine with Red Spoked Wheels

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationIowa, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Iowa

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Vintage Steam Traction Engine with Red Spoked Wheels — Clip Details

IOWA USA-1959: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a classic steam traction engine with large red-spoked wheels and a glowing headlamp, parked on a dirt field under leafy trees. The black and green machine, likely a restored antique, stands still as two men in work clothes and caps appear beside it in the final frame, suggesting a rural fair or historical display. The footage exhibits the warm color shifts and grain of Super 8 film, evoking mid-century Americana and agricultural heritage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124868289

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1319 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: iowa
Date: 1959 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Iowa, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s rural Americana edits needing vintage agricultural machinery, fairground display, or home-movie cutaways from Iowa.
Period detail: The steam traction engine, red spoked wheels, caps, work clothes, and 8mm color stock may show a mid-century antique machinery gathering.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the engine from a visitor's distance, with people entering only briefly as part of an unstaged public display moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a steam traction engine, red spoked wheels, glowing headlamp, dirt ground, leafy trees, dark shadows, and two men near the machine.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that mark it as physical home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, rural heritage cutaway, transition into agricultural history, or brief memory beat around antique machinery.
Historical context: The footage visually connects leisure viewing with preserved farm technology, suggesting public interest in older agricultural machinery without identifying a specific event.
Research note: People appear in the final frame, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright status is separate from any likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Researcher searches might include 1959 Iowa 8mm steam traction engine, antique farm machinery home movie, red spoked wheels, and rural fair display.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel machinery shots, then Iowa 1959 rural scenes, then broader antique tractor, steam engine, and agricultural heritage footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Iowa 8mm frame showing a vintage steam traction engine with red wheels, headlamp, and canopy under leafy shade. — Steam traction engine parked in a shaded dirt area.

1959 Iowa home-movie frame of a dark steam traction engine with red spoked wheels standing under trees. — Side view of the traction engine beneath tree cover.

1959 Iowa 8mm frame emphasizing the engine's red wheels, dark body, canopy, and soft home-movie color. — Closer look at the traction engine's large red wheels.

1959 Iowa frame showing two men in caps beside the steam traction engine, with red wheels prominent in the foreground. — Two men appear beside the displayed traction engine.

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